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Blind trust is never a good thing. Apparently this dude had his sights on his blind bud's wallet. Larry Tuttle is accused of going on a pricey cruise to Mexico, which he fraudulently paid for from a credit card of a blind Holly Hill man he befriended through Alcoholics Anonymous, cops said, reports The Daytona Beach News-Journal. The man allegedly told cops the two of them would make trips, including one to South Florida, where Tuttle would buy stuff using what Derrico thought was Tuttle's own money.

He claims he's disabled, but his alleged actions outside a Hallandale Beach casino left his buddy hurting and a judge astonished. Mickey Keenan, 56, of Hollywood, was in the Broward County jail on a $15,000 bond for allegedly beating up a friend for his money outside the Mardi Gras Casino, 831 N. Federal Highway, on Tuesday evening. According to a police report, Keenan began beating his friend and was trying to pull some money from the man's front pocket. At one point, Keenan body-slammed the friend to the ground.

When Janessa and Will Gross first got the diagnosis that their second child, Kate, 1 1/2, would be born with Down syndrome the first thing they thought to do was tackle it head on. "First thing I did was learn everything there was to learn, and the first place I went was online," said Janessa Gross, 32. "It was while I was searching for information I came across the Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization. " The first event she attended was Mom's Night Out. "I was able to meet Terri [Harmon, executive director of the organization]

Some friends are stand-up guys, others are 'real cut-ups.' Like this dude. On Wednesday afternoon, David Christopher Rex visited the Valrico home of Alan Chaise, his buddy of about five years, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office news release. While the two friends were chatting, Rex, 51, allegedly told Chaise that he was hungry. So Chaise gave Rex something to eat. A short time later, Rex went over to the side of the house and when he returned he reportedly stabbed his pal in the chest and the back.

Blind trust is never a good thing. Apparently this dude had his sights on his blind bud's wallet. Larry Tuttle is accused of going on a pricey cruise to Mexico, which he fraudulently paid for from a credit card of a blind Holly Hill man he befriended through Alcoholics Anonymous, cops said, reports The Daytona Beach News-Journal. The man allegedly told cops the two of them would make trips, including one to South Florida, where Tuttle would buy stuff using what Derrico thought was Tuttle's own money.

Buddy is an excruciating descent into a Doolittlean torture chamber, a movie mirthlessly insistent on the cuteness of animals _ who, it would seem, do the darnedest things. Buddy is so mindless, boring and sickeningly sweet that one starts by swearing never to visit another zoo, moves toward thinking Noah had been badly mistaken, and ends by searching the credits for assurance that animals were harmed during the filming of this picture. This shouldn't surprise anybody. It's a monkey movie, for heaven's sake, and when's the last time you've seen a decent one of those?

Empire of Carolina has received U.S. Bankruptcy Court approval to buy most of the assets of SLM International Inc.'s Buddy L subsidiary. Empire, based in Delray Beach, will pay a combination of stock and cash valued at $47 million to $50 million, a Buddy L lawyer said in court. Bankruptcy Court Judge Helen S. Balick approved the sale on Friday. Empire said in a statement it would pay the creditors of Buddy L common stock and cash immediately, plus cash over the next five years. Empire also will purchase certain accounts receivable and inventory.

People with Down's syndrome, their families and friends participated in the Buddy Walk this month in Hollywood North Beach Park. The event, which attracted almost 275 participants, included a picnic and activities in the oceanfront park. The fifth annual South Florida Buddy Walk, sponsored by the Broward Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization, was one of more than 75 other walks conducted around the country this month to designate National Down Syndrome Awareness Month. The purpose of the event was to promote awareness of Down's syndrome, and the acceptance of people with the syndrome and the idea that they can be found in all walks of life.

Ten-year-old Katie Levings brags to her friends about her high school buddy Laura, who gives her tips about surviving Mr. Davis' fifth-grade class. Likewise, Meredith Motzer, 15, boasts about her elementary buddy who at their first meeting brought her orchids from his mother's garden. Katie, who attends Country Isles Elementary School in Weston, and Meredith, a student at Western High School in Davie, are participants in Buddy-Up, Kids Caring About Kids. "She is so nice and popular," Katie said about Laura.

Original post | 8:36 a.m. Updated | 12:13 p.m. Jack Seiler and Buddy Dyer are both baby boomers. They're both former Democratic members of the Florida Legislature. They've both wanted to serve in statewide elected office. They're both mayors of well known Florida cities: Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, which depend heavily on tourism. UCLA's Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law & Public Policy reports both cities in the top 100 in the nation in the number of same-sex couples per 1,000 households.

On May 2 hundreds of supporters will tee off at Heron Bay Golf Club in Coral Springs to raise funds for Parkland Buddy Sports. Proceeds from the second annual "No Limits" golf classic will support sports programming for children and young adults with special needs in Palm Beach, Broward and Dade counties. Parkland Buddy Sports, founded in 2002, provides quality sports programming in an empowering and challenging environment, with an emphasis on having fun, making friends and realizing full potential.

A new TV attack ad is taking aim at Craig Ehrnst, a candidate for City Council Seat B. Shots of downtown Boca Raton's construction and its traffic are shown with the noise of drilling and car horns. "Want this noise to stop? Tell Craig Ehrnst and his big developer buddies that enough is enough," the female narrator says. But city records show that the development community is more enthusiastic about supporting his opponent, the incumbent Mike Mullaugh. Developers, architects, contractors, development attorneys and their spouses have donated at least a third of the money Mullaugh has raised in his bid for re-election.

Theodore T. Gore Sr., the former president of the Fort Lauderdale News, died Saturday at Holy Cross Hospital. Mr. Gore, a Fort Lauderdale snowbird who also lived in Virginia, was 88. "He was a great dad, he was a great husband and he loved the newspaper business," said his son Peter Gore. "He loved Fort Lauderdale. He did a lot of reflecting of the early days of Fort Lauderdale. " Mr. Gore was born in 1925 in Oak Park, Ill., to Gov. Robert Hayes "R.H. " and Lorena Gore. The family lived for a short time in San Juan after his father was appointed territorial governor by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.

The season opener for Parkland Buddy Sports commemorating the 12th year of soccer was anything but ordinary last weekend. The program has offered organized sports to area special-needs youths for more than a decade, and this year's opening-day festivities honored Retired Staff Sgt. Brian Mast of the U.S. Army's Joint Special Operations Command to kick off this season's play at John Quigley Park. As someone who now has special needs himself because of being injured while on duty in the Middle East a few years ago, Mast understands the importance and necessity of sports programs for disabled youths.

The Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization, a nonprofit agency serving children and adults with Down syndrome and their families, raised a record-breaking amount of $175,000 from their 19th annual Buddy Walk last October. The event drew its largest crowd ever of 2,800 attendees. The funds raised from the event will be used to provide programs to maximize the educational and life potential of children and adults with Down syndrome. Their goal is to ensure that children with Down syndrome grow up to live, learn and work in their own community.

Miranda Cruz nestled into Jennifer Kraham`s lap as they sat on the floor. They sang together, clapped hands and laughed. And this was only the second time they had met. Cruz, a 5-year-old who attends Florence Fuller Child Development Center in Boca Raton, is Kraham`s "little buddy." Kraham is one of about 40 sixth-grade students from Boca Raton Middle School who have "adopted" a 5-year-old buddy. Some have two. Kraham`s teacher, Margaret Carlson, initiated the idea of a partnership between the age groups as a way of making her students more aware of the world outside their classrooms.

Theodore T. Gore Sr., the former president of the Fort Lauderdale News, died Saturday at Holy Cross Hospital. Mr. Gore, a Fort Lauderdale snowbird who also lived in Virginia, was 88. "He was a great dad, he was a great husband and he loved the newspaper business," said his son Peter Gore. "He loved Fort Lauderdale. He did a lot of reflecting of the early days of Fort Lauderdale. " Mr. Gore was born in 1925 in Oak Park, Ill., to Gov. Robert Hayes "R.H. " and Lorena Gore. The family lived for a short time in San Juan after his father was appointed territorial governor by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.

Being diagnosed with breast cancer is a life-changing moment few who have never dealt with the disease can understand. Often these women and men have questions, concerns and fears that are just too hard to take on alone. Your Bosom Buddies II, a local nonprofit organization, offers moral and financial support to women and men dealing with treatment of breast cancer. "Unless you have walked in our shoes it can be hard to understand what is going on," said Abbe Felton, a 13-year survivor, member and public relations director for the group.

Mike Redmond is no longer impressed. He saw enough of Michael Cuddyer's card tricks when they were Minnesota Twins' teammates. When Redmond during Monday's game caught a glimpse of Cuddyer doing one of his sleight of hand performances in a promotional video he attempted to give him some grief about it. “Yeah, those are tired,” Redmond said. “I've seen so many of those magic tricks. I was trying to get his attention [Monday] night when that thing popped up on the Jumbotron.